KR20060006488A - System for saving a life and thereof method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an impact sensor for detecting an accident of a moving object, a main power supply unit for supplying power to the moving object, a backup power independent of the main power supply in preparation for the impossibility of using the main power when an accident of a moving object occurs, and an accident detection signal from the shock sensor. Is received, it is determined whether the main power supply is available or not, and if it is not available, it is configured as an emergency rescue device to turn on the backup power to use as a power source, and transmits the moving state information to the center, which may occur in a large vehicle accident This can be detected even when the normal emergency power supply of the emergency rescue service system is in place, and the vehicle status information can be transmitted to the center very safely and effectively.

Vehicle, emergency rescue, power supply

Description

Emergency rescue service system and method thereof             

1 is a diagram illustrating a general emergency rescue service method.

2 is a flowchart showing an emergency rescue service method of a conventional emergency rescue apparatus.

Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an emergency rescue service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the emergency rescue service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency rescue service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency rescue service method according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100, 300: emergency rescue device 110: center

302: GPS receiver 304: central processing unit

305: storage unit 306: display unit

309 communication module 310 shock sensor

320: main power supply unit 330: backup power supply

The present invention relates to an emergency rescue service system and a method which can detect the situation even when the normal power supply of the emergency rescue service system that may occur in a vehicle accident and transmit the vehicle status information to the center very safely and effectively.

Emergency rescue service refers to a service that can receive rescue services by transmitting user location information to the center via wired or wireless when an accident occurs.

The emergency rescue service will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a general emergency rescue service method.

Referring to FIG. 1, the emergency rescue service system includes an emergency rescue device 100 that generates location information when an accident occurs and a center 110 that receives location information from the emergency rescue device 100.

When an emergency rescue service request is detected, the emergency rescue device 100 connects to the center 110 that performs an emergency rescue. At this time, the emergency rescue device 100 receives the position coordinate value for the position information provided from the global position information system, detects and stores the current position information for the position coordinate value

Then the emergency rescue device 100 transmits its current location to the center 110 in a short message.

The center 110 analyzes the received short message to obtain location information on the current location of the user.

An operation of the emergency rescue device that performs the above operation will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency rescue service method of a conventional emergency rescue apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 2, when an accident occurs in the vehicle and an accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor (S200), the emergency rescue apparatus determines whether the vehicle power is on (S202). The vehicle power source is a power source used to turn on the vehicle.

If the vehicle power is turned on as a result of the determination in step 202, the emergency rescue apparatus collects the vehicle state information and transmits it to the center (S204). The vehicle state information refers to current location information. Accordingly, the emergency rescue apparatus calculates its current location using a GPS receiver and transmits state information including the calculated location information to the center.

If the vehicle power is not turned on as a result of the determination of step 202, the emergency rescue device ends the step. That is, if the vehicle power is not on, the emergency rescue device does not transmit a signal to the center that the user requests rescue.

However, in the above conventional system, in case of an accident, the system power, in particular, the vehicle supply power is completely shut off, and despite the emergency situation, normal emergency rescue service is impossible and does not save the user's life badly because it does not provide prompt and accurate service to the user. There is a problem that does not occur.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to detect the worst in the worst situation when the system power goes out in the event of a large-scale accident emergency supply service that can stably provide a quick and accurate emergency rescue service to the user in any situation by reliably supplying power to the system It is to provide a system and a method thereof.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an emergency rescue service system and a method for detecting the emergency power supply of the emergency rescue service system that may occur in a large vehicle accident and transmitting the vehicle status information to the center very safely and effectively. To provide.

Also. Still another object of the present invention is to provide an emergency rescue service system and method for saving valuable lives as well as providing a user with quick and accurate rescue service by providing vehicle status information to a center even when a vehicle is cut off due to a large accident. It is.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide an emergency rescue service system and method that can eliminate the burden of pay information loss of the paid service provider of the service system to which the paid information is charged by providing a safe and accurate emergency rescue service.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, the impact sensor for detecting an accident of the moving object, the main power supply for supplying power to the moving object, the main in preparation for the impossibility of the use of the main power supply in the event of a moving object accident When an accident detection signal is received from the impact sensor, the backup power independent of the power supply, and the main power supply determines whether the main power supply is available, and if it is unavailable, the backup power is turned on to be used as a power source and the mobile state information is transmitted to the center. Provided is an emergency rescue service system comprising an emergency rescue device.

The emergency rescue device is a GPS receiver for calculating the current position information of the moving object, a communication module for transmitting the mobile state information including the position information calculated by the GPS receiver to the center, when an accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor, And a central processing unit for determining whether the main power supply unit of the moving object is turned on, and if not, turning on the backup power supply, extracting the number of the center, and controlling the connection to the center.

If an error occurs in the central processing unit, the communication module performs an operation of the central processing unit instead.

The mobile state information includes location information.

The center number includes a telephone number and an IP address.

The emergency rescue apparatus transmits the mobile state information to the center in the form of at least one of a text, a text, a voice, and an image.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the emergency rescue device to perform an emergency rescue service, (a) if an accident detection signal is received, determining whether the main power of the moving object, (b) the determination As a result, if the main power is not on, generating a backup power-on control signal to turn on the backup power, (c) driving by the backup power to collect moving object state information, and (d) collecting the collected mobile body Emergency rescue service method comprising the step of transmitting the status information to the center is provided.

When the main power is turned on, the main power is driven to collect moving state information and transmit the collected state information to the center.

Steps (a) and (b) use power flowing basically to the moving body before and after turning on the start of the moving body.

Step (d) includes extracting the number of the center and transmitting the collected mobile state information by accessing the center using the extracted number.

The emergency rescue device is connected to the center by wire or wirelessly.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an emergency rescue service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the emergency rescue service system, when a vehicle accident is detected, an emergency rescue device 300 for transmitting vehicle status information to a center, a shock sensor 310 for detecting an accident of a vehicle, and supplying power to the vehicle The vehicle power source 320 includes a backup power source 330 independent of the vehicle power source 320 in order to prepare for the impossibility of using the vehicle power source in case of an accident of the vehicle.

The vehicle state information includes location information of the current vehicle.

The vehicle power source 320 is basically composed of a battery 324 used before and after turning on the power from the vehicle, and the main power source 320 used after turning on the engine.

The shock sensor 310 detects a vehicle accident and may be an airbag.

The shock sensor 310 detects a vehicle accident and transmits the accident detection signal to a central processing unit or a communication module of the emergency rescue device 300.

The emergency rescue device 300 receives a GPS satellite signal and provides a GPS receiver 302 for providing current location information of the vehicle, a storage unit 306 for storing navigation map data, and a communication for transmitting vehicle status information to a center. The module 160 includes a display unit 180 for displaying the processing result and a central processing unit 200 for controlling all the above devices.

The GPS receiver 110 receives a GPS satellite signal from a GPS antenna and outputs GPS satellite information including longitude, latitude, elevation coordinate data, and transmission absolute time, that is, current location information of the vehicle.

The CPU 304 determines whether the vehicle power is on when the accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor 310. At this time, since the minimum current flows to the emergency rescue device 300 by the battery 324 of the vehicle power source 320, the central processing unit 304 uses the battery power source to supply the main power source of the vehicle power source 320. It is determined whether 322 is on.

If the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is turned on, the central processing unit 304 drives the device 300 using the vehicle power source (main power source) 322, and the vehicle power source ( If the main power source 322 is not turned on, the backup power source 330 is turned on to drive the apparatus 300 using the backup power source 330.

The central processing unit 304 then extracts the number of the center and connects with the center to transmit vehicle status information to the communication module 309. Here, the vehicle state information may be location information using information collected by the GPS receiver 302.

The communication module 309 performs an operation performed by the central processing unit 304 when the central processing unit 304 is not normal. That is, when the accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor 310, the communication module 309 determines whether the vehicle power source 322 is turned on.

If the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is turned on, the communication module 309 drives the device 300 using the vehicle power source (main power source) 322, and the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is turned on. If the power source 322 is not turned on, the backup power source 330 is turned on to drive the apparatus 300 using the backup power source 330.

The communication module 309 then extracts the number of the center and receives vehicle status information from the GPS receiver 302 at the center and transmits it to the center.

Hereinafter, the operation of the emergency rescue service system configured as described above will be described.

When an accident occurs, the shock sensor 310 generates an accident detection signal and transmits it to the emergency rescue device 300.

The incident detection signal is transmitted to the central processing unit 304 or the communication module 309. That is, the emergency rescue service system transmits the accident detection signal to the communication module 309 when an abnormality of the central processing unit 304 is detected, and the accident detection signal when the central processing unit 304 is normal. Is transmitted to the central processing unit 304.

The communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 receiving the accident detection signal determines whether the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is turned on. If the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is turned on, the communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 drives the device using the vehicle power source 322, and then the GPS receiver ( 302 is used to calculate location information.

The communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 then extracts the number of the center and connects it to transmit the calculated position information to the center via the communication module 309.

If the vehicle power source (main power source) 322 is not turned on as a result of the determination, the communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 transmits a backup power on control signal to the backup power source 330.

Then, the backup power source 330 is turned on by the backup power on control signal, and the emergency rescue apparatus 300 is driven by the backup power source 330.

Then, the communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 receiving the accident detection signal calculates the location information using the GPS receiver 302.

The communication module 309 or the central processing unit 304 then extracts the number of the center and connects it to transmit the calculated position information to the center via the communication module 309.

Then, the center knows the exact location of the vehicle by using the transmitted location information and takes action.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an emergency rescue service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the vehicle is started using the battery of the vehicle power (S400), the emergency rescue service system performs general operations and services using the main power of the vehicle power (S402).

Then, when an accident is detected by the impact sensor (S404), the emergency rescue service system performs an emergency rescue service (S406).

A method of performing the emergency rescue service will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency rescue service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, when an accident detection signal is received from the impact sensor (S500), the emergency rescue apparatus determines whether the vehicle power (main power) is turned on (S502). At this time, since the minimum current flows through the battery of the vehicle power source, the emergency rescue device determines whether the main power source of the vehicle power source is turned on by using the battery power source.

If the vehicle power source (main power source) is turned on as a result of the determination, the emergency rescue apparatus is driven using the vehicle power source (main power source) (S504), and collects vehicle state information (S506).

Here, the vehicle state information is information indicating the current position of the vehicle and is obtained using a GPS receiver.

After performing step 506, the emergency rescue apparatus connects to a center and transmits the collected vehicle state information (S508). That is, the emergency rescue apparatus extracts the number of the center, and then accesses the extracted number to transmit the vehicle state information. Here, the center number includes a telephone number, an IP address, and the like, and is connected by wire or wirelessly.

In addition, the emergency rescue device transmits the vehicle status information in the form of a voice message or a text message. The center then analyzes the messages sent from the emergency rescue device to quickly obtain the exact location of the vehicle and provide improved emergency rescue services.

If it is determined in step 502 that the vehicle power source (main power source) is not turned on, the emergency rescue device generates a backup power-on control signal to turn on the backup power source (S510). That is, the emergency rescue apparatus generates a backup power-on control signal and transmits the backup power-on control signal when the vehicle power is not turned on.

Then, the backup power is turned on by the backup power on control signal and used as the power of the emergency rescue device.

After performing step 510, the emergency rescue apparatus is driven by the turned-on backup power (S512), and collects vehicle state information using a GPS receiver (S506).

Then, the emergency rescue device is connected to the center and transmits the collected vehicle state information (S508).

6 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency rescue service method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when an emergency rescue request command is received from the user (S600), the emergency rescue apparatus determines whether the vehicle power source (main power source) is turned on (S602).

The emergency rescue device then performs steps 512 through 504 shown in FIG.

Since the above steps are the same as those shown in FIG. 5, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an emergency rescue service system and a method which can detect the emergency power supply service of the emergency rescue service system, which can occur in a large vehicle accident, and transmit the vehicle status information to the center very safely and effectively. have.

In addition, according to the present invention, even when the vehicle is powered off due to a large accident by providing the vehicle status information to the center to provide an emergency rescue service system and method that can save valuable lives as well as promptly accurate rescue service for the user can do.

In addition, according to the present invention, the backup power on / off control signal can be used not only semi-permanently through the prevention of current consumption in the normal state of the backup power supply, but also through the use of a secondary battery that can be charged / discharged It can provide an emergency rescue service system and its method that can be used permanently with little need.                     

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an emergency rescue service system and a method which can eliminate the burden of paying service information loss of the paid service provider of the service all systems to which the paid information is charged by providing a quick and accurate emergency rescue service.

In addition, according to the present invention, not only can be applied to all systems requiring a quick emergency emergency rescue service, but also an emergency rescue service system and method that can be included and applied to a location-based system with a communication function, a mobile terminal, etc. Can provide.

Claims (11)

An impact sensor for detecting an accident of the moving object; A main power supply for supplying power to the moving object; A backup power source independent of the main power source in preparation for the unavailability of the main power source when an accident of a moving object occurs; When an accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor, it is determined whether the main power is available or not. If it is not available, the emergency rescue device turns on the backup power to use the power and transmits the moving state information to the center. Emergency rescue service system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The emergency rescue device includes a GPS receiver for calculating position information of a current moving object; A communication module for transmitting mobile state information including position information calculated by the GPS receiver to the center; When the accident detection signal is received from the shock sensor, it is determined whether the main power of the moving object is turned on, and if it is not turned on, the backup power is turned on, and the central processing for controlling to extract the number of the center and to connect with the center is performed. Emergency rescue service system comprising a device. The method of claim 2, And if the abnormality occurs in the central processing unit, the communication module performs the operation of the central processing unit instead. The method of claim 1, The emergency state service system comprises the location information. The method of claim 2, Emergency number service system, characterized in that the number of the center includes a telephone number, IP address. The method of claim 1, The emergency rescue device is an emergency rescue service system, characterized in that for transmitting the state information of the moving object to the center in the form of at least one of text, text, voice, video. In the emergency rescue device to perform the emergency rescue service, (a) determining whether the main power of the moving object is turned on when the accident detection signal is received; (b) if the main power is not turned on, generating a backup power-on control signal to turn on the backup power; (c) driving by the backup power source to collect mobile state information; and (d) transmitting the collected mobile state information to a center; Emergency rescue service method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein And driving the main power to collect moving state information, and transmitting the collected state information to the center if the main power is turned on. The method of claim 7, wherein The steps (a) and (b) of the emergency rescue service method characterized in that the power used to flow basically to the moving body before and after turning on the start of the moving body. The method of claim 7, wherein Step (d) may include extracting a number of the center; Emergency rescue service method comprising the step of transmitting the collected mobile state information by connecting to the center using the extracted number. The method of claim 10, The emergency rescue device is an emergency rescue service method, characterized in that connected to the center by wire or wireless.

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